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Monday, November 26, 2012

Gift ideas for little people : Giveaway

One
of the perks I've found from blogging is the products I receive to
trial, often unannounced and unexpected, just like these....only they
weren't for me, they were for the kids.

I normally
only write about products I like that include a giveaway - I can't
really expect you to read me banging on about an awesome product if
there's nothing in it for you, right? Sometimes, I receive products
with no giveaway, no obligation to blog about them, but I think they're
awesome enough for a shout out.

And that's what these are.

In
the lead up to Christmas, as we all frantically start working out how
much we have to spend, and what we can possibly get for the little
people in our lives, I thought I'd share some insight from my own
little people.

Here are the top 3 products The Feral Threesome have received recently, and their thoughts on each one:

My Little Pony and Transformers Havaianas

The
Twin Tornado are loving themselves sick in these babies. There was
some fighting since Miss7 didn't get a pair, and so decided she would
claim the accompanying toys as her own. When I say 'some fighting' I mean there was some bitch slapping going on, yo.

I like this
gift option because you're giving something practical (the shoes), but
the inclusion of the toy means that it's still
interesting and exciting for the little recipient.

In the words of Mstr3 "OMG Mummy, Super Batman's got a Transformer AND a Polony!"

At
which point I had to point out that only the Transformer was Super
Batman's,** and that the Polony/(My Little) Pony was in fact Miss3's.

**Super
Batman is his current name of choice. He's like the artist formerly
known as Prince, but in his case, formerly known as JJ or Joel or Mstr3, who now only answers to Super Batman.
And yes, I've told him how utterly wanky it is to refer to ones self in
the third person.

Fijit Friends Newbies

This
piece de resistance was sent to Miss7 for her birthday. It is the
reason the bitch slapping ceased over the Havaianas and their matching
toys.

Miss7's loving herself sick singing along
with 'Zia', occasionally getting annoyed when Zia doesn't join in on
her personalised rendition of Katy Perry's "I kissed a girl" - the one
that involves tasting a 'chili shit stick' in place of a 'cherry chap
stick'....I shit stick you not.

Miss7 on the
Fijit Friends: "OMG. That's so cool! I'm going to teach it to sing all
my best songs. OMG. OMG."

It's like having a play date to entertain your child - one you don't have to clean the house for.

Fijit
Friends Newbies are relatively new to the toy scene, so you'll surely score
brownie points for gifting the latest toy this festive season.
They retail for $29.99 and you can find out more about them
and where to get them here.

Pink Poppy online store

I do love me some
sparkly pink blinging accessories. The hair clips do a bang up job of
holding the stray hairs from Miss7 and Miss3's DIY mullets in place.
You know, so they don't look utterly feral and unkempt.

Perish the thought.

My girls are not very girly at the best of times (no idea where they got that from...),
so I was thrilled when they went all girly squeal-fest over the Pink
Poppy brush and hair accessories...before returning to their formerly
feral and ballsy personas to fight over the cute boxed Princess Puzzle.

Pink Poppy is a site full of cute girly gifts. You can find
big and small gifts to suit most budgets.

Finally, a bit of sharing of the product loving!

Thanks to Pink Poppy, I have a Princess Puzzle to give away - just in time for Christmas.

For your chance to win a Pink Poppy Princess Puzzle:

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love and regale you with tales of how I survive the upcoming season
(here's a hint: there will be wine. Lots of wine)

Comment below with your hot toy tip for Christmas.

Mine
is the iFud. Miss3 is desperate for one, incessantly whining about how
she "actually needs an iFud actually". You heard it here first, the next iProduct, yet to hit
the market...apparently.

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37 comments:

My daughter's response when I asked her what she wanted for Christmas? 'I want presents and blue books and green books and purple books and red books and yellow books!'So, my tip? Save yourself the shopping stress and buy all your Christmas presents from bookdepository!Thanks for hosting the giveaway. Good luck, everyone! x

My hot toy tip if you have more than one child is to get something that they can all use, like a swing set, or trampoline, or even a gaming console. They will be able to play together (with the odd fight thrown in for good measure), share, and get more use out of it.

My hot toy tip is to find something that you enjoy playing with too, makes all that noise and expense a little fun for you too. (oh and it goes without saying each noisy toy should come with a bottle of wine, vodka or other alcoholic beverage)

My hot tip for Christmas - cancel the day! That way I dont have to eat too much yummy food, buy too many gifts, spend too much time with our huge families and try to get my kids to be good for the day :)

My top tip is not to buy the latest 'must buy' toy but something that they will continue to love to play with. Lego comes to mind as something that can be brought out year after year! And for younger children a train set gets a lot of mileage. russellcathryn at yahoo dot com dot au

Plan ahead and look at the sales. Don't wait until the last minute (or even the last month!) and pay full price. There are toy sales regularly throughout the year. I also give my kids new toothbrushes and PJ's for Christmas. They get them Christmas Eve so they're all fresh for Santas overnight visit. They love it and its a way to get some necessary items in with the presents. I also like to get craft and books and things that will keep them busy all school holidays without the noise of toys. Not to metnion the constant and expensive batteries..!

Apart from the presents from Santa I like to buy my kids something small to unwrap like a soft Panda Bear toy and team it up with a unique experience voucher to feed the Pandas at the Zoo OR a toy train and tickets to go on a ride on the old fashioned steam train. It gives us something to do as a family in the school holidays and memories to cherish forever.

My toy tip is to buy Lego for children... It can handed down in the family and is loved by boys and girls.. Over the years, with more pieces added, it becomes a 'must have' when the kids get together (including some rather big kids)...